By David Christie At the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, I found myself, perhaps like everyone else, endlessly speculating on the long-term impact of covid-19. I also found myself struggling to reach even ...
Although the rapid spread of Covid-19 elicited a global health emergency, by August 2020 the economic crisis that has followed in its wake looks likely to have a much broader and more lasting impact. The ...
Perhaps the most significant long-term effect of the pandemic will be on the very nature of the cities we live in. During lockdown, deserted city centres temporarily became eerie post-apocalyptic stage sets, but the more ...
Explores the connection between industrial methods of meat production, human meat consumption and cross-species infection. A warning by philosopher Will Gildea published in the Ecologist
How will academia be effected by the pandemic? Online Conferences. International connections. New communities. Teaching and learning. Richard Kendall sees both opportunities and new obstacles. https://whoyayaya.wordpress.com/2020/06/10/some-thoughts-on-academia-post-lockdown/
By David Christie On 27 March 2020, Luke Hall, Minister for Local Government and Homelessness, sent a letter to local authorities instructing them that, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, it was ‘imperative that rough ...
One of the most obvious changes brought about by the pandemic has been the dramatic change in the continent’s holiday plans. Under lockdown no travel was possible at all, and the only holiday stories in ...
The ‘Pandemic Perspectives’ academic discussion group has been arguing about the impact of the covid-19 since it was set up in April 2020 (see Group Membership section for participants and ethos). Given that worldwide deaths ...
